Background: Carotid near-occlusion (CNO) represents an anatomical-functional condition characterized by severe (more than 90%) internal carotid artery stenosis which can lead to a distal lumen diameter greater or less than 2 mm. CNO can be divided into a less severe subgroup (without lumen full collapse: diameter >2 mm) and a more severe subgroup (with lumen full collapse: diameter <2 mm). The decision for revascularization is still highly debated in Literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Importance: Acute limb ischemia after infrarenal aortic repair is a rare complication, which in mainly described to appear in a short time after surgery.The aim of this paper is to describe a case of a 66-year-old woman who presented at out attention with acute right limb ischemia, one year later an aortic repair for acute abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. In the best of our knowledge there are no cases of sudden graft occlusion after such long time, described in literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm (PDA) is a rare visceral aneurysm and represents 1.5% of all the visceral arterial aneurysms. An 81-year-old man was admitted with acute abdominal pain.
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